Peanut Butter Yogurt

Hey bloggers sorry I've been MIA for such a long time I've been crazy busy with school its actually my last week of classes yeah!!!!!! Anyhow so Im cramming for my finals and thought I need a brain food and a healthy snack. I looked in my fridge and cabinets and seen I had some regular Greek yogurt that expires next week and thought I should use that but I hate it plain....no fruit in my fridge either, I know I haven't got groceries in awhile, can't wait for school to be done lol. So I found a jar of peanut butter and honey in my fridge so I took a cup of yogurt, about a half a cup of peanut butter and a table spoon of honey mixed it all real well. YUM!!!!!!! I will be eating this all the time!

Morning booster

Ever just feel drained even after you just woke up. Well I have the perfect morning breakfast pick me up. This meal keeps you full and gives you energy to get your day started.

Two pieces of whole wheat bread toasted. Then spread peanut butter and honey onto with a pinch of flax seed. This gives you energy from the peanut butter. Enzyme and fat breakdown and burn from the honey and fiber from the flax seed to help your digestive tract.

Then take about a 1/4 cup of raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries with about a tablespoon of walnuts.
The berries help boost metabolism, your immune system and even brain power. The walnuts help keep you full and gives you your morning protein.

A healthy breakfast that keeps you full and energized. Enjoy!

Healthy Pasta

So I'm like a bread pasta lover!! Seriously can't get enough but we all know that too many carbs especially bad carbs are just that, bad for you. So to add my healthily twist to my favorite dish of pasta I do it simple. Use veggies and multigrain pasta for a carb fix and a conscious one at that.

1/2 box multigrain pasta penne noodles
Put sea salt in pan to lower boiling point as well as add flavor to your noodles.

For the veggies:
1/2 of a green bell pepper
1 leek use the white and some of the leaves.
1/2 of a tomato
2 cups Bella mushrooms
3 gloves of garlic finely sliced

Let veggies simmer. For about 20 mins. Until the mushroom and peppers are tender and the leek is translucent.

Add pasta and veggies to bowl, grate parmesan cheese on top and about 1/4 cup of olive oil mix together and serve.

Whipped delight

Okay so I made a yummy dessert tonight, so easy so light so hardly fattening at all!!

Basically it's a meringue.
4 egg whites whipped with a 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Whip on high till frothy then slowly add a cup of sugar till it can stand on its own. Then fold in a 1/2 tsp of lemon juice and a tablespoon of coco powder.
Place in oven on 300 F for an hour to hour and a half. Then turn off oven and let in stay in the closed over for an hour. When cooled and out top with shaved chocolate and melted chocolate drizzles I've a layer of fat free cool whip yum!

Bedroom update

Okay so slowly my bedroom is coming together. Behind my bed there was a door that led to my dinning room. Hated but don't have the money or the time to make it go away so instead I put an old barn door that I love! Next to my bed I added a old metal lamp stand and put on it just some random pretties lol but one was a homemade lamp. I have a light cord that went to an over head light but had no use for it so I had an old hurricane candle thing lol and because it was clear I put a coat of clear primer and an old antique white acrylic paint on it. Then I placed my light inside making an awesome bed side old time lamp!!!!

Potato and Leek Chowder

Sorry everyone I've been sick this terrible flu has been going around and I've got it all in my chest ugh! Oh well perfect time for soup! I decided to make a nice potato soup chowder to make me feel better.

I basically used what veggies I had hanging out in my fridge and cupboard.

Ingredients:
5 yellow potatoes
3 medium carrots
1 leek and yes the greens too
3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup of red pepper
1/4 cup of green pepper
1/4 cup of butter (optional) you can use Extra Virgin Olive Oil for this part.
1 teaspoon of either dry or fresh thyme I only had dry.
2 tablespoons of flour
2 cups of milk
1/2 cup of water
64 oz of vegetable broth

Directions:
Take butter and put in pot and melt on medium heat add diced garlic, leek, greens and bulb all cut up finely chopped, thyme, carrots and peppers. Cook until translucent and tender.
Add broth, cut up potatoes, and let simmer for about an hour till potatos are tender. Next bring to a boil mix flour and water whisk and slowly pur in soup. (this is what makes it chowder) then add milk and let simmer another five mins or so till soup has thickened some. Serve!

This chowder is so easy to make and best part is you can add whatever veggies you like! Enjoy!

A little color

Well for dinner tonight since I'm longing for the day I can enjoy the outdoors again with out freezing, I decided to make Kabobs, in the oven. They were Delicious!!

Basically,

5 Turkey Brats cut into about 4 pieces
Half of a green pepper
Half of a red pepper
20 grape tomatoes
5 cut in half bella mushrooms
(here you can add or take away whatever ingredient you like)

In a bag put all ingredients and add a
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 crushed garlic cloves
1 tsp onion powder
let marinate for about 30 mins

Place on backing sheet on 350 F for about 30 mins or until your desired browness.

Healthy and amazing this made 10 kabobs.
ENJOY!!